True crime stories & great mysteries
Mystery & True Crime Stories is a website about the most puzzling mysteries of the past, as well as controversial theories. Here you'll find the most puzzling crime mysteries, the greatest mysteries of history, some of the interesting controversial theories and unexplained phenomena. Of course, some of them might be hoaxes, some of them might have a trivial explanation, but it is always a fun to stumble upon a puzzle or mystery that still needs to be solved.
True crime stories
Murder of Sir Jack Drummond
When distinguished British biochemist Sir Jack Drummond was found dead on the roadside in France, no one expected this case will gain international coverage and still, after 60 years...
Hinterkaifeck Murders
A small farm outside the Ingolstadt in Germany, was the place of mysterious murder. Six months earlier the maid left her position stating that the house was haunted, later the residents...
Murder of JonBenet Ramsey
JonBenet Ramsey, a lovely girl that at a very young age, started to take part in beauty pageants. When she was six, she found murdered in the basement of her family home, just a few...
Great mysteries
Glenn Miller disappearance
Glenn Miller was one of the most recognizable band leaders in the swing era, his music is still admired today. At the peak of his career, he decided to join the World War 2 effort and...
Oak Island mystery
A small island on the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, became famous after the discovery of a strange well-like hole in the ground with a bottom made of wood. At least that what it looked...
Mary Celeste
In 1872, in the middle of the Atlantic, the ship Marie Celeste was found abandoned by the crew. The ship was undamaged, there were no signs of any kind of violence on board, and the...
Voynich Manuscript
The mysterious book, named after Wilfrid Voynich, a book dealer who purchased it in 1912. The manuscript contains 240 pages filled with text that so far was not deciphered and the pictures...
Controversial theories
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
On September 1, 1983 Boeing 747 suddenly flew into Soviet Union airspace over Kamtchatka Peninsula. It was Korean Air Lines Flight 007 and soon Soviet fighters were sent to intercept the intruder...
Moon landing conspiracy
After Apollo 11 was shown landing on the Moon on July 20th 1969 as the first manned mission, instantly the conspiracy theories popped up that it was just a staged show for the public and Russians.
Glenn Miller disappearance
Glenn Miller was one of the most recognizable band leaders in the swing era, his music is still admired today. At the peak of his career, he decided to join the World War 2 effort and...
Smolensk air crash
During a trip to annual ceremonies marking the anniversary of the Katyn Massacre (when during the World War II over 20,000 Polish officers, previously kept captive, were killed by NKVD...
Unexplained phenomena
High Rock event
In June 1966, four boys went to the top of High Rock (Wysoki Kamien) in Poland, where they wanted to see if the rumours of this place being haunted were truth. What happened to them...
Beast of Gevaudan
Wolf-like creature (or creatures) that terrorized the French province of Gevaudan in the 18th century. Over 100 people were killed by the Beast of Gevaudan, but still, we have no idea...
Ghost stories
Ghost stories are part of human culture - even in the Dark Ages, our predecessors believed that we’re not actually dying when our body dies. The spirit, the soul or some other form...
UFO sightings
When we talk about UFO, we often forget that UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object, which not necessarily means that those objects have to be made by humans or aliens - they just...
Crime and mystery movies
Ransom 1974
Hijacked airplane lands in one of Scandinavian countries, where the story takes strange twists.
Murder on the Orient Express 1974
Hercules Poirot travels on the Orient Express when one of the passengers is found dead with multiple stab wounds. This could be the most complicated case in career of the Belgian detective.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown 1976
Based on a true story of Texarkana killings - a masked murderer attacks young couples.
When Eight Bells Toll 1971
A British Treasury agent takes up investigation into the case of commercial ships going missing in the Irish Sea.